'Touch Me Not' among Turin those who win

ROME -- TorinoFilmLab, the Italo co-production mart partially modelled around the Sundance Institute, has introduced those who win of their 4th edition and granted an overall total $691,000 in production gold coin to 5 projects. They're: "Touch Me Not," an initial feature by Romanian helmer Adina Pintilie. Drama about man's requirement for physical contact received the ARTE France Cinema Award since many promising project at Rotterdam's CineMart 2011. "Subterranean Scent," an initial work by Pengfei Song being setup like a France/Taiwan/China co-push, created by Tsai Ming-Liang. "Mr. Kaplan," Uruguayan auteur Alvaro Brechner's followup to well-received debut "Bad Day to visit Fishing." "Beirut, I Really Like You" a memoir by artist and blogger Zena el Khalil from the 2006 attacks on Lebanon. Pic has been developed because the feature debut of Italo documaker Gigi Roccati, to become shot in Lebanon and also the U.S., created by Italy's Vivo Film. "Los Hongos," a pic about graffiti artists in Cali by Colombian helmer Oscar Ruiz Navia whose "Crab Trap" bowed in Toronto last year and unspooled broadly around the fest circuit. The 4th edition from the progressively exclusive ultra-indie mart -- which happens throughout the Turin Film Festival -- ended Tuesday, getting located some 120 participants. Contact Nick Vivarelli at nvivarelli@gmail.com

The Breakout Stars of 2011: Jennifer Lawrence, Ryan Gosling plus much more

This time around around a year ago, these stars were also called that guy, that girl from that relate which "other" guy. Now, they're Celebs, poised to dominate the multiplexes -- and possibly the Academy awards -- for your expected future. From Jennifer Lawrence ('The Hunger Games') to Michael Fassbender ('Shame') to Jessica Chastain (just about any movie this year), have a look at Moviefone's 11 Finest Breakout Stars of 2011. After, reveal who your chosen breakout star around was. 2011 Breakout Stars Michael FassbenderJessica ChastainTom HiddlestonJennifer LawrenceChris HemsworthElizabeth OlsenRyan GoslingShailene WoodleyOctavia SpencerRooney MaraMelissa McCarthy See All Moviefone Galleries » [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Laura Osnes is really a Shooting Star in 'Bonnie & Clyde'

NY (AP) Laura Osnes continues to be for the reason that pinch-me-I-must-be-fantasizing phase.The 26-year-old actress has become starring in her own 4th Broadway show, and coming initially from a job the very first time, only 4 years after landing in NY by means of an unlikely vehicle: a real possibility Television show.InchI believe basically wrote it myself, I wouldn't have planned it just like this. During my craziest dreams, I never might have imagined all the amazing possibilities that I have had," Osnes states throughout a rest in rehearsals for "Bonnie & Clyde," that has music by Frank Wildhorn.Because of talent plus some best of luck, Osnes has quickly gone from carrying out "Grease" in dinner theater in Ontario to doing the same musical on Broadway after winning NBC's "Grease: You are the One Which I Would LikeInch in 2007.Next, she changed Kelli O'Hara in "South Off-shore" and also got the opportunity to sing and dance alongside her hero Sutton Promote in "Anything Goes." Now her two-and-a-half-year purchase of bank thief Bonnie is going to repay.InchThis really is my first coming initially from role therefore it is been so exciting to participate this method virtually in the ground-up,Inch she states. "It had been type of magical the way the whole factor happened."Osnes initially auditioned to have an earlier Wildhorn musical "Wonderland," an up-to-date telling of "Alice's adventures in wonderland." She lost charge role of Alice to Jesse Dacal but Wildhorn, the composer of such Broadway shows as "Jekyll & Hyde" and "The Scarlet Pimpernel," was impressed."He stated, 'I think you are too youthful for Alice, but I am focusing on this other musical which i think you may really be excellent for. It is a new musical about Bonnie and Clyde.'"It switched out that even just in defeat, Osnes had dodged a bullet: "Wonderland" was savaged by experts when it showed up on Broadway, and Osnes knows that many people is going to be hesitant of Wildhorn's new work."If people are available in skeptical, fine by us. Because we'll blow you away," she states. "It's Frank's best product ever. I am a large fan of his and that i love singing every song. I never become ill of these. I have been singing the tunes for 3 many will still be miracle."Osnes continues to be with "Bonnie & Clyde" in the beginning, playing Bonnie because it matured throughout monthlong stints in the La Jolla Playhouse in los angeles in nov 2009 after which in the Asolo Repertory Theatre in California, Fla., annually later.Between individuals two stretches, she was enticed by another offer. She is at the ultimate running for any place in "Take It On: The Musical," a show loosely in line with the popular 2000 movie about competing senior high school cheerleading teams that starred Kirsten Dunst, Gabrielle Union and Eliza Dushku, and created a few sequels.Osnes needed to choose gun-carrying Bonnie or perhaps a pom-pom carrying cheerleader? An established brand or perhaps an original musical? That was worthier of her purchase of time? And which in fact had the very best shot of as being a success or which makes it to Broadway?"I simply have discovered within this business that you will need to follow your heart. That is what Used to do,Inch she states, pointing towards the "Bonnie & Clyde" script. "My heart was attached already towards the people and also the project."Christopher Ashley, the artistic director from the La Jolla Playhouse and who directed the Broadway shows "Memphis" and "Xanadu," is glad Osnes tied to Bonnie. She even labored using the creative team to deepen the smoothness.InchThis is actually the first role I believe that actually stretches what she will do like a dramatic actress and extremely explores the more dark areas of a persons soul. She's really remarkable inside it,Inch states Ashley. "I am really happy with her because I believe it is a true bravura acting role."The musical, which co-stars Jeremy Jordan as Clyde, explores both the brilliant love the 2 lead figures share, in addition to their dependence on fame. The song game titles reveal just as much "Produced in America," ''This World Will Remember Us" and "Dyin' Ain't So Bad."It had not been such a long time ago that Osnes, in the Ontario suburb of Eagan, was playing Sandy Dumbrowski in "Grease" inside a Minnesota dinner theater. When she discovered a Broadway role was the prize of a national TV talent search, she registered.After winning and making her NY debut as Sandy, Osnes states she faced some resistance. "There is a stigma," she states. But while rival stars might have resented her, casting company directors understood who she was. "I am still very grateful which i did the truth show since it put me into the spotlight also it opened up lots of doorways for me personally,Inch she states.Osnes gone to live in NY like a newlywed together with her husband, Nathan Manley, an actress-switched-digital photographer whom she met as the two were understudying Aladdin and Jasmine in manufacture of "Aladdin" in the Children's Theatre Company of Ontario. One evening, the leads collided throughout the performance Osnes recalls plenty of bloodstream along with a chipped tooth and she or he and Manley continued together as substitutes. On stage, they shared their first hug.After "Grease," Osnes changed O'Hara in "South Off-shore," which she states assisted legitimize her after her unorthodox Broadway arrival. After which she won the role of Hope Harcourt opposite Foster's Reno Sweeney in "Anything Goes." Which was pure bliss: Lengthy before "Grease," Osnes had arrived at NY and seen Promote in "Little Women" and "Completely Modern Winnie."She states it had been surreal hearing Promote sing throughout the very first day's testing for "Anything Goes.""I am thinking, 'That's the voice! This is the voice that I have took in to and looked up to going back ten years of my existence!'" she states. "She was always my Broadway hero. Individuals are the types of roles I wish to play. That's the kind of voice I wish to have."Now she's living her very own Broadway dream. Osnes is getting a lot fun that they and her co-star are cooking up a follow up for their current show."Jeremy and that i have joked about doing 'Bonnie and Clyde 2: Around the Ocean,AInch she states having a smile. "Only then do we might be pirates rather than cowboys."Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. By Mark Kennedy November 28, 2011 PHOTO CREDIT AP Photo/Charles Sykes NY (AP) Laura Osnes continues to be for the reason that pinch-me-I-must-be-fantasizing phase.The 26-year-old actress has become starring in her own 4th Broadway show, and coming initially from a job the very first time, only 4 years after landing in NY by means of an unlikely vehicle: a real possibility Television show.InchI believe basically wrote it myself, I wouldn't have planned it just like this. During my craziest dreams, I never might have imagined all the amazing possibilities that I have had," Osnes states throughout a rest in rehearsals for "Bonnie & Clyde," that has music by Frank Wildhorn.Because of talent plus some best of luck, Osnes has quickly gone from carrying out "Grease" in dinner theater in Ontario to doing exactly the same musical on Broadway after winning NBC's "Grease: You are the one which I Would LikeInch in 2007.Next, she changed Kelli O'Hara in "South Off-shore" and also got the opportunity to sing and dance alongside her hero Sutton Promote in "Anything Goes." Now her two-and-a-half-year purchase of bank thief Bonnie is going to repay.InchThis really is my first coming initially from role therefore it is been so exciting to participate this method virtually in the ground-up,Inch she states. "It had been type of magical the way the whole factor happened."Osnes initially auditioned to have an earlier Wildhorn musical "Wonderland," an up-to-date telling of "Alice's adventures in wonderland." She lost charge role of Alice to Jesse Dacal but Wildhorn, the composer of these Broadway shows as "Jekyll & Hyde" and "The Scarlet Pimpernel," was impressed."He stated, 'I think you are too youthful for Alice, but I am focusing on this other musical which i think you may really be excellent for. It is a new musical about Bonnie and Clyde.'"It switched out that even just in defeat, Osnes had dodged a bullet: "Wonderland" was savaged by experts when it showed up on Broadway, and Osnes knows that many people is going to be hesitant of Wildhorn's new work."If people are available in skeptical, fine by us. Because we'll amaze you,Inch she states. "It's Frank's best product ever. I am a large fan of his and that i love singing every song. I never become ill of these. I have been singing the tunes for 3 many will still be miracle."Osnes continues to be with "Bonnie & Clyde" in the beginning, playing Bonnie because it matured throughout monthlong stints in the La Jolla Playhouse in los angeles in nov 2009 after which in the Asolo Repertory Theatre in California, Fla., annually later.Between individuals two stretches, she was enticed by another offer. She is at the ultimate running for any place in "Take It On: The Musical," a show loosely in line with the popular 2000 movie about competing senior high school cheerleading teams that starred Kirsten Dunst, Gabrielle Union and Eliza Dushku, and created a few sequels.Osnes needed to choose gun-carrying Bonnie or perhaps a pom-pom carrying cheerleader? An established brand or perhaps an original musical? That was worthier of her purchase of time? And which in fact had the very best shot to be successful or which makes it to Broadway?"I simply have discovered within this business that you will need to follow your heart. That is what Used to do,Inch she states, pointing towards the "Bonnie & Clyde" script. "My heart was attached already to folks and also the project."Christopher Ashley, the artistic director from the La Jolla Playhouse and who directed the Broadway shows "Memphis" and "Xanadu," is glad Osnes tied to Bonnie. She even labored using the creative team to deepen the smoothness.InchThis is actually the first role I believe that actually stretches what she will do like a dramatic actress and extremely explores the more dark areas of a persons soul. She's really remarkable inside it,Inch states Ashley. "I am really happy with her because I believe it is a true bravura acting role."The musical, which co-stars Jeremy Jordan as Clyde, explores both intense love the 2 lead figures share, in addition to their dependence on fame. The song game titles reveal just as much "Produced in America," ''This World Will Remember Us" and "Dyin' Ain't So Bad."It had not been such a long time ago that Osnes, in the Ontario suburb of Eagan, was playing Sandy Dumbrowski in "Grease" inside a Minnesota dinner theater. When she discovered a Broadway role was the prize of the national TV talent search, she registered.After winning and making her NY debut as Sandy, Osnes states she faced some resistance. "There is a stigma," she states. But while rival stars might have resented her, casting company directors understood who she was. "I am still very grateful which i did the truth show since it put me into the spotlight also it opened up lots of doorways for me personally,Inch she states.Osnes gone to live in NY like a newlywed together with her husband, Nathan Manley, an actress-switched-digital photographer whom she met as the two were understudying Aladdin and Jasmine in manufacture of "Aladdin" in the Children's Theatre Company of Ontario. One evening, the leads collided throughout the performance Osnes recalls plenty of bloodstream along with a chipped tooth and she or he and Manley continued together as substitutes. On stage, they shared their first hug.After "Grease," Osnes changed O'Hara in "South Off-shore," which she states assisted legitimize her after her unorthodox Broadway arrival. After which she won the role of Hope Harcourt opposite Foster's Reno Sweeney in "Anything Goes." Which was pure bliss: Lengthy before "Grease," Osnes had arrived at NY and seen Promote in "Little Women" and "Completely Modern Winnie."She states it had been surreal hearing Promote sing throughout the very first day of testing for "Anything Goes.""I am thinking, 'That's the voice! This is the voice that I have took in to and looked up to going back ten years of my existence!'" she states. "She was always my Broadway hero. Individuals are the types of roles I wish to play. That's the kind of voice I wish to have."Now she's living her very own Broadway dream. Osnes is getting a lot fun that they and her co-star are cooking up a follow up for their current show."Jeremy and that i have joked about doing 'Bonnie and Clyde 2: Around the Ocean,AInch she states having a smile. "Only then do we might be pirates rather than cowboys."Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Biopics fill movie screens this year

'The Iron Lady'The biopic is really a Hollywood staple because the start of cinema, however the 2010 crop seems particularly bountiful, spotlighting the struggles of creative artists (Melies, Shakespeare, Marilyn Monroe), political energy brokers (J. Edgar Hoover, Margaret Thatcher, Aung San Suu Kyi) and thought leaders (Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung) -- additionally to baseball fashion leader Billy Beane as well as the scattering of famous folk among the casts of "Evening amount of time in Paris," "Anonymous" and "W.E."The fourth quarter has a tendency to bring a slew of biographies, which appear to become inside road to copping large honours: Six of history ten best-actor Oscar individuals who win and eight of history 12 stars have limned real people.But to film companies, a prize takes a back burners to box office. With multiple entertainment options 24/7 and reality TV thriving, audiences seem to crave particulars, and biopics ideally mix fascinating tales while using added kick of knowning that the story is true.Oscar races formerly few years offered tales of real people who have been not large names, for instance "127 Several hours" and "The Blind Side," as well as gives experience into political figures who aren't natural subjects for your genre, including "The King's Speech" and "The Social Media.InchGreater than formerly, this years roster is heavy with examines well-known people -- numerous whom are actually described multiple occasions previously films -- while using position, "You think you understand a good deal relevant for this person, there's however plenty you don't know.InchEach and each biopic should bring an absolute perspective, what philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset referred to as "something in which the contradictions from the human existence are unified." The ultimate factor you need is numerous heavily looked into "after which it I did so this" moments, inviting everyone else to practically count the scribe's 3x5 research cards losing in route.We now have observed catalogs of notable occasions before, and "Chaplin," "Amelia" and "Beyond the Sea" "Hoffa," "Cobb" took the rap for showing tales largely uninflected by interpretation.But a controlling idea can string occasions together in the compelling way. To author Dustin Lance Black, J. Edgar Hoover seeks the masses' adoration as a substitute for your love that dares not speak its title when Mama Hoover is all about, and therefore a monster arrives.For Christopher Hampton in "A Dangerous Method," Jung's puritanical background butts heads along with his patients' pressing sexuality, resulting in a nervous breakdown together with a separate ambition for preventing people similarly stricken. "Moneyball's" Billy Beane can be a not successful player who still desires to influence the sport, while Georges Melies (per "Hugo") can be a disappointed filmmaker which has abandoned his craft.Once the interpretation is at place, you've got a selection of three structures.The tricky "trees from little acorns" approach finds a great life's essence squarely within the earliest years. And "Youthful" is frequently inside the title: "Youthful Mr. Lincoln subsequently subsequently." "The Youthful Victoria," "Youthful Tom Edison." (This year, "Youthful Goethe for every otherInch signifies a romance getting a totally free-spirited feminist -- that may be interpreted as enough to alter a carousing wastrel in to a literary giant.)The second and several common framework might be the riskiest. Telling an entire biography "sperm-to-earthworm" permits scribes to shovel in many a typical research information in the virtually preordained beginning point and finale.But cramming a great deal info right into a couple of several hours is available in an expense. Every knock around the door in "Anonymous" carries earth-shaking import.A smart framework device, like George M. Cohan regaling FDR with career yarns in 1942's "Yankee Doodle Dandy," can mitigate the sensation of the existence going along with chronological of the routine. "J. Edgar" includes edgy time-jumps encouraging us to put the pieces together, while an infirm Maggie Thatcher's foggy memories will be familiar with unify "The Iron Lady."Another argument against all-encompassing existence tales might be the ungainliness of those something. Most lives aren't were living in the clean, satisfying trajectory. Scribe and Marilyn Monroe admirer Adrian Hodges confesses, "I used to be never attracted to proclaiming that entire existence, together with your a tragic arc: that troubled beginning the fantastic, brief glorious amount of 'Some Appreciate It Hot' after which it that tragic downward curve, everything sordid stuff while using Kennedys."Colin Clark's book "My Week With Marilyn" offered another. "You are able to tell the whole story of her existence in just that moment," states Hodges. "The pair of occasions of happiness with him that can help people remember she will be a real lady, no icon, no Andy Warhol portrait."Which is approach No. 3, the "Best Bit." "A Dangerous Method" focuses on two key cases of Freud and Jung that illustrate their decades at work. Ron Shelton uses Al Stump's article "Ty Cobb's Wild Ten Month Fight to resideInch in your mind of his biopic "Cobb." Together with a really canny choice will fool audiences into thinking they've seen everything. "Patton" (1970) barely covers three years of Gen. George Patton's extended career, consider the script includes the man at his inspiring best and vindictive worst, it seems to talk about the general entirely.Plus there's the whole historic precision question. Everyone knows author Clark never skinny-dipped while using world's most glamorous celebrity. Was Shakespeare a genuine preening, illiterate buffoon who elbowed Ben Jonson taken proper care of to front for your "Anonymous" Earl of Oxford? Did J. Edgar Hoover really don his mother's dress just like a commitment of independence upon her dying?And can we even care? It's rare enough being treated with a warts hpv warts-and-all portrait full of interesting occurrences, and a sense of why that portrait matters. Maybe that you ought to enough maybe the questions of veracity round the margins just don't matter."Exactlty what can you say about anybody?" Marlene Dietrich infamously asks in "Touch of Evil." "He was some form of a man.Inch Nail which kind of guy or lady the subject was, together with a biopic can soar.Though biopics come bio-hazards. Which is a great time to size-up them, with Lincoln subsequently subsequently, Jackie O. and Natalie Wood browsing the wings, together with a slew of music figures from Sinatra, Liberace and Michael Jackson to Kurt Cobain, John Lennon and Tupac. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Actor John Neville dies at 86

By VARIETY STAFF John Neville, an british-born Canadian actor and stage director who starred in "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" and came out in TV series "The X Files," died Saturday in Toronto. He was 86 and was battling with Alzheimer's disease. Neville came out in a lot of movies, television shows and theater productions throughout work that spanned six decades. He was artistic director in the Stratford Shakespeare Festival inside the eighties, too as with 1988 he carried out the title character in Terry Gilliam's fantastical film comedy "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen." Inside the 1990's he carried out the recurring role in the Well-Well-stored Guy on TV's "The X-Files" too as with the initial "X-Files" film. Just before then, however, he will be a stage favorite in London's West Finish through the 19 fifties. Just like a key person for the reason that old Vic Company, he carried out leading roles in several classical works of theater, including Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet" (they repeated around the 1957 episode of NBC's "Producer's Showcase"as well as the title character in "Richard II." In the output of "Othello," he and Richard Burton alternated the various of Othello and Iago. He shown another side in "Lolita, My Love," a musical adaptation of Nabokov's novel, and needed inside the lead role inside the original West Finish output of musical "Irma La Douce." Neville was produced in Willesden, London. After serving inside the Royal Navy throughout World war ii, he trained becoming an actor within the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and started his career included in the Trent Players. Through the 19 fifties Neville also labored frequently on British and American television, starring in Shakespeare's "Henry V" on "BBC Sunday Evening Theatre" in 1951, in "Hedda Gabler" on "ITV Play each weekInch in 1957 too as with "Hamlet" in "The DuPont Show in the Month" in 1959. He gained his film debut in 1960's "Oscar Wilde," starring Robert Morley and Take advantage of Richardson, playing Master Alfred Douglas. On Tv through the sixties he will be a regular on ITV's anthology series "The Business of 5Inch and starred inside the BBC's 1969 miniseries "The Initial Churchills," which increased being the initial series broadcast incorporated in "Masterpiece Theatre" when that relate launched in 1971. Neville increased being artistic director in the new Nottingham Playhouse in 1963, and after he emigrated to Canada in 1972, he needed up a.d. positions at numerous theater companies. In 1993 the actor came out inside an episode of "Star Trek: Generation XInch as Isaac Newton. He ongoing to use continuously to the 2000s, turning up in James Toback's "Harvard Guy" in 2001, a 2002 adaptation of "Crime and Punishment," David Cronenberg's "Spider" to ensure that as recently as a year ago in the short referred to as "Bradfordian Rain." Neville is managed to get by wife, Caroline Hopper, and six children. (Connected Press brought with this report.) Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Breaking Dawn Breaks Box Office Slump: $139.5M Domestic Weekend & $283.5M Global Total; Happy Feet 2 Disappoints

SATURDAY PM/SUNDAY AM, 8TH UPDATE: Oh sure, you’re too cool (or too male) for the Twilight Saga global phenom. ButSummit Entertainment’s Breaking Dawn Part 1 is shatteringthe four-month-old North Americanbox office slumpand shooting the overall moviegoing weekend of $222 million up +14% from last year’s total. Hollywood shouldbe grateful tofemales young and old for keeping the business buoyed this weekend now that young males have abandoned indiscriminate moviegoing. (Seriously, give thanks early.) Here isthe Top 10 rundown. Full analysis later: 1. Breaking Dawn Part 1 (Summit) NEW [4,061 Theaters] Friday $72M,Saturday $40.7M, Weekend $139.5M Yowza! Summit Entertainment was cautiously optimistic that this fourth Twilight Saga installmentBreaking Dawn Part 1 could break records.It recorded the 5th best opening weekend of all time, the 3rd best-ever Single Day and Friday opening, and the 2nd best midnight debut.Despite director Bill Condon receiving the worst reviews of the franchise, audiences gave it a ‘B+’ CinemaScore, with females bestowing an ‘A-’.Also, the penultimate pic based on Stephenie Meyer’s vampire romance novelssoaredinternationally as itrolled out in 54 markets around the globe with $144M from Wednesday through Sunday screenings. The global total is now $283.5M. This installment had a budget of$110M budget, the buggest of the franchise. The fact that Breaking Dawn couldn’t exceed New Moon‘s numbers ($142.8M domestic, $296.6M global) isn’t dampening Summit’s relief one bit. Given the dismal state of box office for the past four months, the studio saw that its Twilight Saga is as popular as ever, grossing over $1 billion in international alone to date. 2.Happy Feet Two (Warner Bros) NEW [3,606 Theaters] Friday $5.9M, Saturday $9.3M, Weekend $22M Given how well family fare is doing at the North American box office these days, the real test for this 3D sequel to George Miller’s beloved 2D toon will be over Thanksgiving weekend. But for now Happy Feet Two is grossingonly half of the 2006 original, which opened to a $41.5 weekend. “One word: disaster. Despite being in 3D,” a rival studio exec snarked to me.But another noted, “No doubt all the families are waiting until next week to go to the movies.” Pic released on the anniversary of the original and received a ‘B+’ CinemaScore from audiences.Hollywood expected an opening in the high $30sM. Nope. Not even close. And next week The Muppets movie debuts so more competition for the tots and their parents. On the other hand, singing and dancing CGI penguins are hard to resist. 3. Immortals (Relativity) Week 2 [3,120 Theaters] Friday $3.8M, Saturday $5.1M, Weekend $12.2M (-62%), Cume $52.9M That’s an unfortunate drop for a 300-clone that underperformed last Friday.Immortals is not the Hail Mary that Relativity hoped it would be. 4. Jack And Jill (Sony) Week 2 [3,438 Theaters] Friday $3.5M, Saturday $5.2M,Weekend $12M (-52%), Cume $41M This Jack And Jill won’t have the usual gazillion multiple of most of Adam Sandler/Happy Madison comedies. 5. Puss In Boots (DreamWorks Animation/Par) Week 4 [3,415 Theaters] Friday $2.5M, Saturday $5M, Weekend $10.7M, Cume $122.3M This toon cat Puss In Boots still has afew more than nine lives left. 6. Tower Heist (Universal) Week 3 [2,942 Theaters] Friday $2.1M, Saturday $3.2M, Weekend $6.9M, Cume $53.3M 7. J. Edgar (Warner Bros) Week 2 [1,947 Theaters] Friday $1.8M (-57%), Saturday $2.6M, Weekend $5.9M (-47%),Cume $20.6M 8.Harold & Kumar 3D Xmas (NL/Warner Bros) Week3 [1,808 Theaters] Friday $915K, Saturday $1.2M, Estimated Weekend $2.9M,Cume $28.3M 9. In Time (Fox) Week3 [2,591 Theaters] Friday $520K, Saturday $750K, Estimated Weekend $1.6M, EstimatedCume $33.4M 10. The Descendants (Fox Searchlight) NEW (opened Wed) [29 Theaters] Friday $318K, Saturday $493K, Weekend $1.2M, Cume $1.3M Alexander Payne’s dramedy starring George Clooney had good momentum heading into its opening weekend expansion into 11 additional markets (including Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington DC, Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia, San Diego, Denver, Minneapolis, and Toronto). Fox Searchlight’s The Descendants had made $79K from Wednesday and Thursday grosses at 5 theaters (2 in NY and 3 in LA) and this weekend scored an outstanding $42,150 per screen average. The production budget was $20 million with tax rebates and the Academy Awards talk should help the film perform through March. “This comedy/drama is attracting the over-30 upscale audience who is aware of the terrific reviews we have received,” a Fox Searchlight exec tells me. “And exhibition is very excited about the film after seeing it at the Show East Convention in late October.” On Wednesday before Thanksgiving, The Descendants increases to over 60 markets and about 425 theaters. “We feel the Thanksgiving Holiday is an excellent time to be playing wider as it is counter programming to the 3 wide kids films opening on this date. At Searchlight, we fell it really is a marathon and not a race with our releases.” The initial marketing campaign was launched virally in early May with a web teaser called Who is he? which consisted only of a scene from the film with George Clooney goofily running to his neighbors house to ask – you guessed it – Who is he? Then, at the end of May, Searchlight launched The Descendants trailer on The Tree Of Life linking auteur filmmakers Alexander Payne and Terrence Malick and continued through the summer and into the fall. The film was an audience and critical favorite when it premiered at the 2011 Telluride Film Festival, and the buzz carried over into The Toronto Film Festival. The film went on to play over 15 more festivals including NY and London. Searchlight is now working with various museums and film societies across the county to set Alexander Payne retrospectives and to target urban art house cinefiles initially and eventually upscale suburbanites over Thanksgiving and through December. The project was developed with Ad Hominem, which is Payne’s and writer/producer Jim Taylor’s and producer Jim Burkes production company. (OSCARS: Jim Burke & Jim Taylor Give Birth To Alexander Paynes The Descendants)Stephen Frears was initially attached to direct. When Frears departed, Payne went back to the original book written by Kaui Hart Hemmings and began writing his own adaptation of the screenplay after original drafts were penned by Jim Rash and Nat Faxon. Payne flew to 2009′s Toronto Film Festival to meet with Clooney who was therefor Up In The Air. The Oscar buzz began with the sellouts of the special screenings and tribute to George Clooney atTelluride. FRIDAY 5 PM, 4TH UPDATE: Summit Entertainmentsources tell me that Breaking Dawn Part 1 is softening slightly tonight for a $70 million opening day. So now this fourth Twilight Saga featureis targeting $135M for its debut weekend. That will be the 2nd biggest weekend debut since the studio began making Stephenie Meyer’s vampire romance novels into films — behind only the Twilight sequel New Moon‘s $142.8M. That’s about halfway between what Summit lowballed and what rival studios highballed Breaking Dawn‘sgrosseswould be. Stay tuned for more updates… FRIDAY 2:30 PM, 3RD UPDATE: Summit Entertainment’s Breaking Dawn Part 1 is shattering Hollywood’s box office slump today. My sources say this fourth film version of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga vampire novels is looking at opening to $72+ million in North American grosses, consisting of $42+M for matinee and evening screenings in 4,061 theaters, plus $30.25M for 12:01 PMpost-midnight showings in 3,521 locations. Right now Breaking Dawn may wind up with the franchise best one-day and Friday opening, surging pastTwilight‘s $36M, New Moon‘s $72.7M, and Eclipse‘s $68.5M. Stay tuned for more updates. FRIDAY 9:30 AM, 2ND UPDATE: Critics may be ravaging Summit Entertainment’s Breaking Dawn Part 1 but the fans are loving it. Overnight, thefilm version of the Stephenie Meyer novelmade$30.25M from 12:01 AM post-midnight showingsin a whopping 3,521 theaters. That’s a best for the Twilight Saga franchise (Twilight made 7.5M whichset a record at that time, New Moon $26.3M, and Eclipse $30.1M.) But it alsosets the #2 all-time midnights record behind Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2. FRIDAY 7 AM UPDATE: Here we go again. Not only is Summit Entertainment’sBreaking Dawn Part 1 helping surge the North American box office today after a months-lasting slump. But it’s also a big shot in the arm to international ticket sales. The Twilight Saga film franchise’s fourth installmentrolled out after 12:01 AM into a whopping 3,251 domestic theaters and then expanded into 4,061 theaters by midday. And the film is off to a great start internationally as it started its roll outin 54 markets around the globe with Wednesday screenings from select territories totalling $8.9 million with many more countries, data and their grosses to come over the coming days. I’velearned that an internal Summit Entertainment estimate puts this weekend’s domestic opening of Breaking Dawn Part 1 at $110 million to $125 million. That will be the 2nd biggest weekend debut since the studio began making Stephenie Meyer’s vampire romance novels into films — behind only the Twilight sequel New Moon. However,rival studios think Summit is lowballing and expect Breaking Dawn to debut to $142+M. And remember this is a female-driven 2D movie. It’s the 3D fanboy-driven movies that have been so hurt by slumping box office of late. Since the franchise began, Twilight opened domestically to $69.6M in 2008, New Moon to $142.8M in 2009, Eclipse to $64.8M in 2010. Summitprojected in an investor prospectus obtained by every showbiz media outlet that it would make $228 profit from Breaking Dawn,and that the final back to back films in the franchise would generate more than $1.2 billion in revenues and $447 million in profits for the studio and its investors. Yowza! Also rolling out this weekend into 3,606 theaters, with 2,800 3D screens,is Warner Bros family fare Happy Feet Two. The sequel also from director George Miller is releasing on the anniversary of the original, which grossed$41.5M in 2D on November 17 of 2006. “This Happy Feet Two feels like it will have to work to get to that figure despite being in 3D,” a rival studio exec tells me. Hollywood expects a weekend opening in the high $30sM which is good enough in these slumping times. “The strong schedule offamily films this past summer gave us an ideal launch for the campaign, startingwith a teaser trailer on Kung Fu Panda on Memorial Day weekend, and playingthrough on films ranging from Harry Potter to Smurfs, with the main trailerdebuting in the fall, culminating with a placement on Puss In Boots,” a Warner Bros exec tells me. Already, domestic pre-sales show thatBreaking Dawn Part 1 hasjumped onto MovieTickets.com’s highest advance seller list, ranking 5th among the Top 5 — ahead of The Twilight Saga’s last installment Eclipse but behind Harry PotterAnd The Deathly Hallows Part 1. In anticipation of the increased sales for Breaking Dawn‘s release,MovieTickets.com said it grew its theatre chain group count to 244 this week, and now sells tickets for over 17,400 movie screens.) Joel Cohen, CEO of MovieTickets.com, stated, The success of The Twilight Saga and the trends we saw from advance ticket sales of the most recent film is phenomenal. The fans who have supported this franchise from the beginning show no signs of walking away from what we know will continue to be a record-breaking movie going event.The net production budget for Breaking Dawn Part 1, after tax rebates and such,is $110 million. Costs were held down because parts 1 and 2 were made back-to-back by Summit. But the director of both pictures,Bill Condon,is not receiving anywhere near the generally good reviews of the previous Twilight Saga movies. Overseas, the Twilight Saga films have grossed over $1 billion coming into this latest release. Twilight grossed $200M, New Moon more than doubled its predecessor with $416M, and Eclipse is just shy of crossing the $400M mark. The breakdown of territories releasing this weekend is as follows: Belgium, France, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, Argentina, Bahrain, Bolivia, Chile, CIS, Croatia, Czech, Denmark, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, UAE, Ukraine, Aruba, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Indonesia, Latvia, Lithuania, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Taiwan, Turkey, Uruguay, Venezuela, West Indies, UK. Germany releases on November 24th, South Korea on December 1st, and Japan on February 25th. Chronologically,the international rollout started Wednesday withBelgium, France, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland. Thursday withAustralia, Argentina, Bahrain, Bolivia, Chile, CIS, Croatia, Czech, Denmark, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, UAE, Ukraine. Friday withAruba, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Indonesia, Latvia, Lithuania, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Taiwan, Turkey, Uruguay, Venezuela, West Indies, UK as well as Canada and the U.S. (Previous: YIKES! Twilight Fans Already Lining Up For Breaking Dawn Premiere) On Wednesday,Breaking Dawn Part 1 opened #1 in France grossing $3.83M for its opening day.The film dethroned the highly popular French comedy Intouchables ahead also of the hugely popular Tintin 3D. It is the third highest opening result for this year in France.Summit said the film is performing very well across the country in all provinces, and first screenings at the Le Grand Rex theater in Paris was sold out. In Australia,midnight screenings werehugewith$1.27M. In Italy,it opened #1withbox office of $2.3M. In Belgium,it made$786K which was63.7% of all the Wednesday film business in that country.Breaking Dawn Part 1 dethroned hometown boy Tintin 3D. This is especially notable considering the fact that, unlike Eclipses opening, it was not during a summer or holiday period. In Sweden, the film reported box office of$757K.

American Music Honours: Lance Bass, Sarah Hyland Appear Off on Red-colored-colored Carpet Pre-Show (Video)

Since the music business gears up for your American Music Honours on Sunday, a choose quantity of artists are intending to consider their perfect the "other partInch in the red-colored-colored carpet.our editor recommends2011 American Music Honours: Daughtry to complete, Avril Lavigne to supply Nicki Minaj, David Guetta to start American Music AwardsChris Brown, Marc Anthony, LMFAO Put in American Music Honours Selection Adam Lambert Returns to 2011 AMAs as Presenter Producer States He 'Was Never Banned' PHOTOS: AMA Hot Performances Lance Bass, Sarah Hyland, Audrina Patridge, Michael Buckley, Estelle, Josh Sussman and Mario are actually attracted onto host the Coca-Cola Red-colored-colored Carpet Live pre-show, streaming live at 5 pm ET/2 pm PT. The crowd will probably be in this region at L.A.'s Nokia Theater, delivering fan queries to some common artists, speaking pre-show jitters and who's wearing what since the artists arrive. The Hollywood Reporter spoken with Bass and Hyland taken within the nominations announcement, where they spoken formulations for your live broadcast. "I obtained to make it happen a year ago, which a great deal of fun, therefore i guess I didn't spoil it a lot of to ensure that they asked for me back," Bass jeered. "I merely make an effort to wing things. I don't make an effort to prepare a lot of should you prepare, it doesn't look natural." VIDEO: Adele Leads With 4 Nominations for your 2011 American Music Honours The Present Family actress has expressed a vocal dislike of red-colored-colored carpets formerly, but is searching toward asking the questions this time around around around -- instead of reacting for them. "It's me talking about myself nonstop and showing up for pictures, it's difficult to take myself seriously such as this,In . Hyland mentioned. "It may be more enjoyable however laptop or computer is really silently that we'm usually on. You are in a position to stand it one location the whole time, you don't have to walk around forward and backward.In . For who should collect some hardware -- Bass is yanking for fan favorite Adele, while Hyland has thrown her support behind Youthful Money's Weezy and Nicki Minaj. The American Music Honours air survive ABC at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on Sunday, November. 21, while using pre-show lead in streaming via YouTube. Related Subjects American Music Honours

Art galleries hope early releases have kudos traction

'Midnight in Paris''Win Win'In Hollywood, honours months are becoming fixed round the calendar, beginning while using late summer season and early fall festivals in Venice, Toronto and Telluride and running through towards the stroke of evening time on New Year's Eve.But no matter the kudos industry's focus on fall, you will discover good films and performances that are seen and acknowledged another eight several days of year. Everybody has unique challenges simply because they fight for attention while using late bloomers.One of the 2010 crop of honours movies and perfs searching to buck the periodic odds are some Fox Searchlight releases -- the March-debuting "Mutually BeneficialInch and May's "The Tree of Existence" -- together with the most recent Woodsy Allen pic, "Evening amount of time in Paris," which first hit theaters inside the summer season. Furthermore, you will find "The Help,In . which was released in August and contains been receiving lots of positive honours buzz.A number of these films result from company company directors and artists with a lot of honours pedigree. "Mutually BeneficialInch lead Paul Giamatti features a previous supporting actor nomination, together with author-director Tom McCarthy. Allen, clearly, features a bountiful volume of noms and wins to his credit, and "Tree of Existence" boasts heavyweights for instance Kaira Pitt, Sean Penn and author-director Terrence Malick. The Three films carried out at major festivals -- Sundance for "Mutually BeneficialInch and Cannes for "Tree of Existence" and "Evening time."Inside the situation of "Evening time," The brand new the new sony Pictures Classics made a decision an early on release was better for your film's honours chances for many reasons."We thought i'd face a smaller challenge that require thinking about for honours once we opened up up early," describes co-prexy Michael Barker. "Within the finish of year, you will discover lots of films being considered for honours the film is fighting for attention, fighting to look. If you're not inside the top 12 or 15 or possibly the very best ten, it's way too hard to look.InchRather than fighting for just about any fall slot, "Evening time" was deliberately opened up up opposite "Pirates in the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.""Frequently that really works well with films that require thinking about for honours," Barker states. "It may be something being in contrast against."The approach deviated substantially within the release pattern for Allen's previous film, last year's "You'll Meet a Tall Dark Stranger." That film also carried out at Cannes, however the new the new sony Pictures Classics needed the higher conventional approach and released it in September. With "Evening time," however, the studio saw an chance to produce a good early impression that could last to the fall honours season, a premise elevated with the solid reply to the film which is impressive $55 million in box office receipts."You will discover pictures where it appears sensible not to open within this competitive time period,In . states Barker. "The notice you're going to get earlier will stay in people minds as time passes.InchJohn Marich, author of "Marketing to Moviegoers," states honours marketing is all about momentum and then try to tough to predict. Some box office release techniques derive from the idea of building success out money, honours really are a place where the usual logic does not always apply."Art galleries have deep pockets. Individuals would be the 900-lb. gorilla inside the room,In . according to him. "They can do things for non-economic reasons."The brand new the new sony Pictures Classics' way is to keep "Evening time" in theaters as extended as you can, send Digital video disks and host tests while using cast and producers and wage a typical ad campaign."This is not the film you perform a lot of overkill on ads," states Barker. "You have to depend upon the film with techniques."AWARD SEASON TALENT PREVIEWSupporting versus. lede debate an annual discussion Ingenues have tradition of landing lead actress nom Art galleries hope early releases have kudos traction Motion capture perfs under review Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Felicity Johnson, Warren Beatty to Fall madly in love in Untitled Howard Hughes Film

Forget May-December romances that one is a lot more like Feb-December. Deadline reviews Warren Beatty has selected 2011 It-Girl Felicity Johnson because the female lead for his untitled Howard Hughes biopic, that is still trying to find financing. Johnson, who started within the Sundance sensation 'Like Crazy,' would play a youthful lady inside a relationship with Hughes's driver, who eventually falls for that eccentric billionaire (Beatty). Not sure yet on who'll play Hughes's driver, but Justin Timberlake and Alden Ehrenreich are some of the youthful stars up for that role. Also being talked about for that film: Jack Nicholson, Alec Baldwin, Owen Wilson and Beatty's wife, Annette Bening. Beatty was last seen onscreen within the 2001 disaster 'Town & Country.' Since 1990, he's only made an appearance in five films. Johnson is visible now in 'Like Crazy.' [via Deadline] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

The Somnambulists

An RJ Films presentation from the No Harmful Films production. (Worldwide sales: No Harmful Films, London.) Produced by Richard Jobson, Alan Mckenna. Directed, put together by Richard Jobson.With: Jack Monaghan, Michael Nardone, Jack O'Connell, Rhonda Lewis, Belinda Everett, Paul Thornley, Tom Padley, Jonathan Kerrigan, Alan Mckenna, David Fynn, Tobi Bakare, Ernest Creeth, Steven Robertson, Jessye Romeo, Scott Arthur. (British dialogue)The devastating mental damage gone through by British soldiers who've offered in Iraq is presented via straight-to-camera monologues in "The Somnambulists," the sincere but shateringly serious latest feature from Scottish helmer Richard Jobson ("16 Years of Alcohol"). Although credited as put together by Jobson, the script is founded on extensive interviews with real soldiers, and merely the stoniest heart could don't comprehend the both mental and physical discomfort recounted here. Sadly, thesping is just too frequently stagy and stilted, as stressed with the seriously stylized approach. Pic should sleepwalk through fests, and can most likely wake on cable stations. Per press notes, the pic's look and title were inspired by Joanna Kane's recent exhibition of monochrome photographs of dying- and existence-masks impressed between 150 and 2 centuries ago, in which the silvery faces stand out against an inky black background. Likewise, the 15 thesps here deliver their monologues (shot colored) from inside a dim studio, while using framework taking mostly just their faces, sometimes in extreme closeup, or their physiques within the torso up. Within the finish of each and every turn, location-shot monitoring shots (mostly in black-and-white-colored, apart from a few digitally colored photographs situated somewhere inside the scene) show places those the soldier in mind just stated. Each shot finishes with someone, most most likely a relative, searching grief-stricken as if remembering the dead. No sound system is called (credits list them only as "Guy 1," "Guy 2" and so on), but utilizing their words, it might be deduced they represent a spectrum of military personnel, different from infantrymen to authorities, gung-ho snipers to medics. Some discuss their sense of alienation when returning to civilian existence, such as the first (Jack Monaghan) as well as the last (Scott Arthur), although some focus on traumas experienced on Basra's battlefields. The dust and relentless warmth of Iraq repetition not remarkably recurrent motifs, together with a sense of anger and disloyality keen on an array of targets, from Iraqis themselves to former Pm Blair as well as the regular people home who'd rather neglect the war's existence. On paper, the speeches could have a much more resounding ring of veracity, nevertheless the perfs listed below are so strident, over-practiced and portentously shipped regarding drain many of the impact within the tales being told. Helming thesps has not been Jobson's strong suit (aside from Kevin McKidd in "16 Years of Alcohol"), to ensure that as while using semi-professional cast of "The Skin cleansers," he particularly underserves the youthful stars here who most need a strong directorial hands to reign them in. Elsewhere, using visual effects showing the harrowing things these males and girls have observed, by "projecting" moments onto their eyes, is simply tacky. For individuals Jobson's discuss the visual inspirations for your film, the whole factor might have been more effective whether or not this had simply happened for radio.Camera (color/B&W, HD), James Stoneley editor, Steven Sander music, Tim Stevens, Andrew Manley production designer, Jude Hanly costume designer, Francessca Oddi appear (DTS/SDDS/Dolby Digital), Martin Ormond, Myles Hayden appear designers, Stevens, Manley visual effects supervisor, Solomon Rogers visual effects, Rewind Foreign exchange stunt coordinator, Marc Cass line producer, Richard Adams second unit camera, Adam Duckworth, Jobson casting, Lucy Jenkins, Sooki McShane. Examined at London Film Festival (New British Cinema), November. 12, 2011. Running time: 97 MIN. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Dwts: Tom Bergeron States Less Is Much More

Tom Bergeron Will still be a high 10 hit, but this year ABC's Dwts is lower nearly 14 % from last fall, to typically 18 million audiences. Host Tom Bergeron includes a suggestion to help keep audiences interested: Only air the show annually, instead of both in fall and spring."One season annually is effective for The American Idol Show,Inch states Bergeron, who thinks the more wait produces more viewer anticipation. "I certainly think that's one thing that needs to be considered moving forward. I'd be searching in the spring season cautiously.InchBergeron thinks numerous factors led towards the rankings slide, particularly the rejuvenation of CBS' Monday comedy slate: "The entire transition from Charlie Sheen to Ashton Kutcher [on 2 . 5 Males] was handled superbly."Another possibility? "You question when the cast is not resonating with individuals,Inch he adds. Bergeron is practical about claiming back audiences. "You are able to simply be the brand new kid on the market once," he states. "The task is on."Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Covert Affairs' Chris Gorham on Auggie's New Girlfriend: It is a Very Complicated Relationship

Christopher Gorham, Devin Kelley Spoiler alert! Auggie will expend considerable time between the sheets on Covert Matters. OK, that isn't really surprising, but what's surprising is always that the resident ladies' guy is investing it with only one lady.Take a look at photos from Covert Matters"I believe it is good we'll finally see him having a girlfriend," Christopher Gorham informs TVGuide.com. "We've not investigated that yet - we have seen him with women and [his ex], but this will probably be interesting for him. It is something he wasn't expecting, that's without a doubt."Auggie's woman friend isn't Annie (Piper Perabo), however it is not some chick he meets in a bar either. She's Parker (Devin Kelley), the more youthful sister of Billy, who died within the Iraq mission that blinded Auggie. They meet on Tuesday's episode (10/9c, USA) in a memorial held by Billy's family that Annie encourages him to go to.InchPossibly, it is a very complicated relationship," Gorham states. "It begins gradually. She gets that spark that he's really attracted to. She's caring and she's also more youthful than him. It does not mirror Auggie's relationship with Annie, but it is similar to it, especially Auggie and Annie in Season 1 when Annie really needed him and that he cared for her. There's a little of this. Frankly, Auggie type of stumbles into this relationship. I do not believe that he adopts it planning for this to become a relationship."Though that seems like a your government-type connection, Gorham demands the connection is reciprocal and healthy because the two bond over Billy's dying. So what's Auggie like like a boyfriend? Well, for just one, we'll see his much softer side, or a bit of it a minimum of.Hidden Affairs' Sendhil Ramamurthy on Jai 2., going shirtless with Chris Gorham"His feelings escape from him a bit, not, like, tugging his heart out crying or anything like this, but he will get surprised at how deep his feelings are for Parker. I believe he thinks he loves her. I'm not sure if he is doing or otherwise, but he thinks he is doing,Inch Gorham states. "Honestly, I believe inside a lengthy-term relationship, Auggie may well be a difficult boyfriend! He's so great at keeping things near to the vest and never discussing private information. It's such part of him, that is something that may be very attractive on the short-term basis, however in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, that may get really frustrating."His relationship with Parker grouped into the "short-term" category, which should make Annie-Auggie 'shippers happy. Kelley is only going to come in three of Season 2's final six episodes as Parker leaves to begin her service within the Peace Corps. The pair constitutes a decision about how to proceed, but it is not even close to final. "When the relationship continues, so it certainly may, only then do we may explore much more of that in Season 3," Gorham states. "It is a very open question regarding what is going to happen."In keeping with character, Auggie keeps the connection around the lower-low, but Annie eventually discovers with what Gorham calls an "awesome scene." How that thought will affect Annie's (dormant?) feelings for Auggie will have out with the finale. "It takes care of in a satisfying method for the crowd when you are getting into it,Inch Gorham states. "All six of these episodes will certainly push Annie and Auggie's relationship right into a new arena."Covert Affairs' Sendhil Ramamurthy: Jai turns into a pressure to become believed withWhile Auggie will receive a large amount of action in your own home, he will not be seeing any at the office. You will find no area missions for him during these six episodes - though Gorham did visit Venice, Berlin, Stockholm and London as the show shot on place to shoot behind-the-moments footage as Auggie - but he'll participate in some friendly warfare using the recently marketed Jai (Sendhil Ramamurthy)."They do not trust one another. There is a collegial, adversarial relationship, and also the adversarial some of it will get ratcheted up," he states. "Jai sooner or later takes something from Auggie that will get Auggie pretty hot. I am just glad Sendhil's finally reached take his shirt off during these six episodes!"And thus is Ramamurthy - he did challenge Gorham for an ab-off in Season 3 and guaranteed it had been happening."I'll just hands him the trophy at this time and merely save myself the sit-ups," Gorham states. "You cannot always believe what Sendhil states. I believe younger crowd stated a Heroes movie was happening sooner or later! Where shall we be with this? ... Listen, I am only doing the work if [Peter] Gallagher is within too. I told the men next season that people must rent a home in Toronto and set up web cameras and also have our very own little webisodes!"

Roland Emmerich talks filmmaking, tools

Creating digital environments has freed up filmmakers from having to shoot on location or recreate pricey sets in soundstages, but "you always need a very good floor," advises director Roland Emmerich. "If there isn't a good floor, don't do it." Emmerich, who is best known for his effects-heavy tentpoles like "Independence Day," "Godzilla," "The Day After Tomorrow" and "2012," surprised the biz when he chose to make the much smaller drama, "Anonymous," that explores whether William Shakespeare actually penned his stories. The film is short on explosions and destruction. "I'm not a person who walks around and says, 'What else can I destroy?' " Emmerich said Monday at Variety's first annual Film Technology Summit at Hollywood & Highland. "For me as an artist, there was something in the story that spoke to me of a guy that wrote amazing work and couldn't put his name on it." But the director turned to many of the same tools he utilized on his more expensive pics. In fact, digital technology enabled him to cut the budget on the pic and get Sony to greenlight the film. Emmerich explained how he had initially wanted to make the movie in 2005, filming on location or building lavish sets in a traditional way. The plug on the project was pulled when it proved too expensive to produce. Yet re-creating large setpieces like cathedral using greenscreen, enabled Emmerich to tell Sony, "I don't need $40 million or $50 million but $25 million." "When we were making '2012' I had to portray the world but we never left Vancouver," he said during the Q&A with Variety film editor Josh L. Dickey. "I saw the level of photo-realism that was reached and felt that could bring the budget down." "Anonymous" was the first time visual effects helped Emmerich make a movie cheaper, he said. "That's a very exciting thing," he said. "People always said effects would make things cheaper but it never happened. They got more expensive. But now it can make small movies look very expensive." Large effects setpieces are now "just a matter of money," he said. "You can do anything you want but it all comes down to money and whether its worth it." "Anonymous" still has 400 visual effects shots, the same as "Day After Tomorrow," in which the world is frozen over. Emmerich still isn't a fan of 3D and feels it especially hurts the family film market, which makes ticket prices too expensive. "I personally don't like 3D," he said. "There are too many movies done in 3D. I always go into a meeting and hope they don't ask me to make the movie in 3D." He admits there are some films, like "Avatar" or "Fantastic Voyage" that lend themselves to 3D, given the worlds they create. Otherwise, "it doesn't add anything." Emmerich also said "2012" might have worked in 3D, but "we already had a high budget and it would have become more expensive." Emmerich isn't worried about the backlash he might get from Shakespeare fans. "With this movie, I only wanted to please myself," he said. "I wanted to do what I wanted ti see. I went a little bit out there and said, 'Look, literary establishment, stop telling lies.' There wan an incredible resistance to the film which I completely understand, but I did it anyway." Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com

Occupy Wall Street Heads to South Park

South Park The South Park kids are about to give new meaning to the "1 percent." On Wednesday's episode (10/9c, Comedy Central), the animated series will lampoon the Occupy Wall Street movement. Rather than focusing on financial matters, the show will deal with the disparity between the boys' athletic abilities in gym class.Chubby Eric Cartman represents the 1 percent of fourth graders who fails the physical fitness exam. "I know how this works! You're the 99 percent ganging up on the 1 percent!" he screams in class before going home in tears. "Now the 99 percent is saying everything is my fault."South Park creators investigated by the Church of Scientology?South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are notorious for using the show to put a comedic spin on cultural issues. In the past, South Park has parodied Scientology (and Tom Cruise's questionable sexuality), Osama bin Laden's death, and World of Warcraft.Watch a preview of the episode below:1%Get More: SOUTHPARKEric Cartman,Wendy Testaburger,more...

Singer Beryl Davis dies

British-born big band singer Beryl Davis, who made her U.S. debut on Bob Hope's radio show and later performed with Frank Sinatra and Benny Goodman, died Friday in Los Angeles of complications from Alzheimer's disease. She was 87. Davis was daughter of British band leader Harry Davis. During WWII, she sang with Stephane Grappelli and pianist George Shearing in a group that performed in London clubs throughout the Blitz. She sang with Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Band near the end of the war. After Hope's radio show, Beryl Davis appeared with Sinatra on the "Your Hit Parade" radio show. In the 1950s, she formed a vocal quartet with Jane Russell, Connie Haines and Della Russell. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com